<topic>
	<head>
		<title>SOUNDEX</title>
		<keywords>
			<keyword term="functions, SOUNDEX" />
			<keyword term="string functions, SOUNDEX" />
			<keyword term="SOUNDEX function" />
		</keywords>
		<links>
			<link href="Functions.html">Functions</link>
			<link href="String Functions.html">String Functions</link>
		</links>
	</head>
	<body>
		<summary>
			<p>
				Returns a four-character (SOUNDEX) code to evaluate the similarity of two strings.
			</p>
		</summary>

		<syntax>
			<code xml:space="preserve">SOUNDEX(text AS string) RETURNS string</code>
		</syntax>

		<parameters>
			<params>
				<param name="text">
					<p>
						A string for which to generate a SOUNEX code for.
					</p>
				</param>
			</params>
		</parameters>

		<returns>
			<p>
				A four-character (SOUNDEX) code.
			</p>
		</returns>

		<remarks>
			<p>
				<c>SOUNDEX</c> converts a string to a four-character code to find similar-sounding words or names.
				The first character of the code is the first character of <c>text</c> and the second through fourth
				characters of the code are numbers. Vowels in <c>text</c> are ignored unless they are the first letter
				of the string.
			</p>
		</remarks>
	</body>
</topic>
